A university and the federal government have agreed to resolve a lawsuit over taxing medical residents.

Saint Louis University sued the U.S. government last fall alleging it overpaid $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes from 1995 through March 2005.

Several other teaching medical programs have made similar claims, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which sued seeking a nearly $25 million refund.

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A new Medicare reporting requirement that goes into effect on Jan. 1 could be a prescription for delays in personal-injury settlements and in processing other insurance-related claims, according to both lawyers and insurers. The requirement – which is part of ...

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The federal government owes Saint Louis University $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes the university says were wrongfully collected on stipends medical school residents received from 1995 through March 2005, according to a federal lawsuit. The issue of ...

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Health-care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel said. Democrats will work on the bill’s details this ...

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville, Tenn., has filed a civil lawsuit against a St. Louis attorney alleging he and a business partner defrauded Medicare of more than $6 million. The suit filed on Monday in U.S. District Court for ...

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Select Specialty Hospital-St. Louis, a long-term acute care hospital based inside Forest Park Community Hospital, is fighting to keep its Medicare and Medicaid funding. On Thursday, Senior U.S. District Judge Scott O. Wright granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the ...

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